Portable cargo batten-cleat.



1. W. ATLEE.

PORTABLE CARGO BATTEN CLEAT.

APPLICATION HLED 1uLv2o.1917

l $52,533. Patented Jan, 8, 1918.

Egal 1. W. ATLEE.

PORTABLE CARGO BATTEN cLEAT.

INVENTOR mmm Jan. 8,1%.

3 SHEETS-SH\.ET 2

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20.1911.

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BJITNES@ ATTORNEY@ J. W. ATLEE.

'PORTABLE CARGO BATTEN CLEAT.

` APPLICATION FxLEn1uLY2o.l911. 1,252,533. Patented Jan. 8,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- 27j-@JQ A TTORN E YS WITNESS JOSHUA W. .AIJIZIEE` 0FRIVERTON, NEW JERSEY.

PORTABLE CARGO BATTEN-CLEAT. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

, Application filed July 20, 1917. Serial No. 181,730.

liaiiges of the vertical ribs of the liull of a vessel to support cargobattens such as are usually provided within the hold of a vessel toprevent the cargo from coming in contact with the sides or skin ofthervessel, or other structural parts. n

The objects of the present invention are to provide a portable cargohatten cleat Vwhich may be readilyattached at any point or positionoiithe flange of the angle bars or ribs of the hull or othei` structuralparts, without providing said angle bars or ribs with holes,projections, or any other speciall construction by means of which thecleat is supported thereon; to avoid the use of b-olts, nuts or wrenchesin attaching or removing the cleats from their supports; yto provide acleat which may be very quickly and easily lixedly secured to, orremoved from its support.l

Further objects of my invention are to provide cleats which may berigidly frictionally secured at any point on the flange or web `of anangle iron or rib at such an angle thereon as to support the battenparallel to that portion of tlie sideior hull of the Ship adjacent tliebetten, and to provide vsuch fi'ictionally supported cleats asaroadapted to be attached to the different Jforms or shapes or types ofangle bars or ribs usually employed in ship building. l

Other objects of my invention willappear in the specificationA andclaimsbelow.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which thevsame reference characters are employed throughout the various views toindicate tlie saine parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a` batten cleat embodying my invention,secured-,to an angle bar, shown iii horizontal cross-section, andshowing a batteii supported on said cleat; l l

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the saine on the line 2-2 of Fig.1w-ith ythe batten, sidel of the ship, and oneflange of the angle bar invertical cross-section;

Fig. 3 shows the same hatten cleat in the position` in which it issecured to the flange or rib of an angle bar or rib to support thebatteri parallel with the side of the ship at the point where the anglesbetween the a webs are obtuse angles;

Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 1 of a slightly modified constructionadapted to support a batten transverse to the forward edge 0f thesupport or web;

Fig. 5 is a view simil-.ir to Fig. l, of a further modified form ofbatteri cleat adapted'particularly for use in connection with a plainangle iron bar or rib also commonly employed in ship building;

Fig. G is a sectional ofvFig. 5;

Fig/ is a plan view, similar to that of Fig. 3, showing the samecleatlocated at anotherportion of the vessel where the sup-v porting web onthe angle bar makes its greatest angle with the side 'of the vessel;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a view, similar to Fig. 1,v of another modification of myinvention, particularly adapted for'use with bulb webs or `supports,frequently employed in ship buildma;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view on a line 10-10 of Fig. 9 showing a sideelevation of the supporting cleat shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a view, similar to Figs. 3 and 7, showing this embodiment ofmy invention secured to a bulb angle bar or rib at a point where theflange makes itsvgreatest angle to the side of the vessel; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective sketch vshowing' a kportion of the 'hold orhull of a vessel showing one form of my improved batten cleat (thatshown in Figs. 5 to 8) in position in ysupporting the battens thereon.

1 Referring now to the first modification of cross-section, is securedby rivets 2 to the side 3 of the ship. The flange 4 of the rib orsupport l is the one to which my cleat is yadapted to be secured.Sometimes these angle irons are riveted together to make a substantiallyZ-sliaped rib, as shown in Fig. 1, butv sometimes they are so rivetedtogether `as to make a channel or U barconstruction.

In either of these constructions, the outer` flange 4 is always parallelto the other view on the line 6-l-6 i flangeu thereof` whichis'jse'cured' to the side 3 of the ship. Such a rib l, with theginterfmediate web extending substantially at right angles to the Side'Boftheship, Vwoulclble frame or" the vessel, the -batten 5 must eX- the shipand the Support-ing Vcleat 6 is adapt? ed to be attached to the flange 4so as to hold for support the hatten jin this relationship. :1li Thecleat '6 `comprises lpreferably' -a Vfinal- -.leableiron .bracketlhavinga pair ofija-'wsfr and .S respectively adapted toA embracebetween. thein'fthe flange 1 of the rib orV angle iron 1. The inner`side Qof the ljaw 7 'ispref- :erably 'al plane surfa'ee adaptedVY tobear Vsquarely against'onelsfide ofthe flange'l. `Theother jaw isprovided kwith a wei-tical cylindrical lug or projection 10 on the'freev e'nd thereof, 'and itsinn'er `surface 1l isi-pref- Y eraloly a plainsurface converging slowly downwardly towardr the .opposite Surface of Y`Af-heavy wide flange or rib 12,'integral with the jaws, islocated atand constitutes the topf of the jaws and this 'wide lian-ge, eit--tending away from' the jaws,y provides-a seat 13 upon whichfthe bat'ten5 rests, and,

at the end ofthe sea-t 13, forms an upwardly Y extending linger 1%adapted to hold 'and rfe- Y, tain'the hatten on its said seat 13.` 'Y fBetween the downwardly inclined snrf-a'ce 11 on theLinner side of' thejaw S and the'web Y orfl'angezsl', a wedge 15 is insertedgfthe wedge Tosecure the cleat tothe flange or web,

- the". vcleat is placed over Athe forv. ard'A edge of the flange or web4r so thattlre 'inner s'urface of the cleat-1bearsagains`t the;front Aedge of the* web lor `flangewiththe jaws and 890ml opposite' sideso'fthe-[web 4,"t'he cleat being held-in the:position/inV whi'clrfit isto'be secured. A'The flatfinner sidefl of the fingerlll will 'beiparallelto thef'side 3 f ofthefship -atthat poi-nt.l The; wedge 151 istlientightlyr 'driven in between the jaw-8 and theflwebfo'r `flarge'.The lug or projection 10 on the end ofthe jaw '8 provides 'a shoule derbeyond whichthe wedge 15 cannot rnove,

l and prevents :theslippingLof thewedfgelf'l ymi' ofthe 'end lof thejaw8' while* the wedge .isbeingldriven'in or-after thfe cleat has'be'e'nyso secured'to th'eiweb.k l

` The flangeV -or rib eningr-ibl'is alsopreferabl-y provided on theouter,- side ofthe finger 14,and the under i hatten ,side of-zthe seat13;! l

:SItf willy he: plainthat in order'tov support f Amist-f" I @grabar "isa rib V12,- integral with the f cleat, makeslthe jaws very strong.'Astiifof the libS` or angle irons `1 driving 1videfarriirigidbutileadily detachable supfound, generally speaking,amidships.. I At', any point where the support 1 isa"ri-bor',A

'rseldoin removed orl ehanged'so tliatithe longer :'tlieyreiiiain, themore firmly do they cling to the ribs or supports,pbeeause of .thetendency of thje`-"i r'i'et1z rtsI vessel to readily- Scured toYthefribs'prangle irons'of or angle iron 1 without'lregzfrfd11 to't-h'eo'nstruction offtlieifiblitse'lff `11n' Fifgisillustrate'd-aslightly modified A`form ofliny invention.; "Irrthis arrange L dlit, the4"cletatf" Gfis"` o'ne which is ,partitiu'lafrly adapted1 to' beused'with' plain angle bars having lia in Figi 5:

'-f'rllliis form" of' cleat is `exactly'lfilre the one `above"deserbed',xcepttlatthe seatk 13 lex# ges gir-webs irq-fiale @peste-xvii i sides"ffvesselsiiis provided, andlt'hat by asV tends outward-1y frein-theearoftheijaivs @des ef the web t0 Whielif ist 0f arremete smeg-the r" ofjawsl 7! and' Strictly y Y is similar to that above described inconnection with Figs. 1- to 4 and itis secured to the Y web by drivingthe wedge 15 in between the web 4 of the jaw 8.

Inasmuch as the center of the curved surface 11 is substantiallyconcentric with the center or axis ofthe tip 18 of the jaw 7 thepressure holding lthe cleat firmly on the rib 4 is always between thewedge 15 and the tip 18 of the jaw 7 at any vangle at which ythe cleatis positioned with respect thereto. IVhen the web. 4 makes an anglewiththe side 3 of the ship, as illustrated in Fig. 7, the cleat can bereadily adjusted before driving the wedge 15 so as to bring the flatside 16 parallel to the side 3 of the ship. Fig. 5 shows one extremeposition of the cleat with respect to a flange and Fig. 7 shows theother extreme limit ofthe adj ustability of the cleat around the end ofarib or flange 4.

In thiscase also the lug or projection 10 on the end of' the jaw 8preventsV the wedge 15 from slipping laterally out from between the jawseitherl Vduring the securing of the cleat to the web or after it issecured to the web and having -been positioned prior to driving in thewedge 15, there is no tendency `ofl the cleat G to cant or turn duringthe driving of the wedge, because the surface 11 is concentric with thesurface of the tip 18. rIhe pressure is always between the wedge 15 andthe tip 18.

In Figs. 9 to 11 is .illustratedv a fourth modified form of myinvention. In this construction, the cleat 6 is one which isparticularly adapted to be used with angle bars or supports havingflanges or webs 4 of the bulb construction or type. On the end of therib 4 is a bulb or rib 19 having a substantially cylindrical surfaceproject ing from one side thereof. For use with'tliis type of flange,thejaw 8 is provided with aJ tapering cylindrical or conical recess 20near the end thereof and the wedge 15 is similarly provided with aconical tapering surface adapted to fit into the recess 20. The otherface of the wedgel is flat and is adapted to bear against the outercylindrical surface of the bulb 19. j

This cleat, in other respects, is like the cleat previously ydescribedand shown in Figs. 5 to 8.

This cleat is secured to the bulb 19 of the flange or web 4 by drivingthe wedge 15 in between the bulb 19 and the jaw 8 with the flat surfaceof the wedge 15 against the outer surface of the bulb 19 and thecylindrical or conical surface of the wedge seated in the slightlyconical recess 20. In this construction, the wedge tends to drive thebulbed end of the rib 4 in between the outer end 18 of the jaw 7 and theback of the jaw. It wedges or drives the bulbed end 19 in between theback of the recess between the jaws and the end 18 of the jaw 7. InFigs. 9 and 11, this cleat 6 is shown in its two extreme positionsoradjustment with respect to the various angles which the web 4 may maltewith the sides 3 of the ship.

In Fig. 12 I have illustrated the supporting cleat 6 above specificallydescribed-and illustrated in Figs. 5to 8 of the drawings. As it isadapted to be used on the ribs or frame work of a vessel to supportcargo battens, this particular cleat has been selected to illustrate howall the cleats are adapted to be attached to their supports, because itbest lends itself to perspective illustration. It is to be understood,however, that all of the cleats are adapted to be attached to supportsor ribs and it is also obvious that the supports may not necessarily betheV ribs of the hull. In other words, they are adapted to be attachedto the frame of a vessel in forming partitions or closures within thehold of a vessel where battens are usually employed. Vihen the ribs orsupports are of the type exemplified in Figs. 1 to 3, that is tosay,when the supporting flange or web 4 is parallel to the side of theship,y there is no particular need for theangular adjustment of thecleat as above set forth, the cleat may be securedy to any pointvertical of the flange of an angle iron or rib of a vessel withoutspecial provisions therefor in the rib itself, and vwhen the wedge isfirmly driven in between the jaw coperating therewith and the flange,the cleat is permanently and rigidly secured to the outwardly extendingflange of the rib, to hold thebatten parallel to the side of the ship.

In all the embodiments of my invention above described, the end of thejaw between which the flange or web the wedge is driven, is providedwith a lug or projection on its tip or end, which prevents the web fromslipping transversely or laterally out from between the jaws inadjusting the cleat or in driving the wedge in position. Moreover, theengagement of the front edge of the web with the interior surface of thecleat pre `vents the cleat from turning or canting Vvents the cleat fromturning about/'a linev f drawn through the center of the wedge andpassing through the center of the end of the jaw 6, this being the lineon which the cleat is frictionally supported'on Ythe rib. -Siinilarly,in Ythe 4other inodiiications shown, the

engagement ofthe front edge of the webV withjthe. interior surface ofythe cleat. be-

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Vtween thejaws,prevents anylateral turning `of thecleat on the orwedged. v A l .Inasinuch as in ship building, the outwardly extendingflanges or ribs are disposed iii planes at right angles to the centerweb to which vit is clamped line of the hull and the ianges ot' the ribsYmake a right angle or obtuse angle kto each other, any ot' the cleatsabove described may be made in two forms, viz., a right handed forni anda left handed form, and that form may be selected which is best adaptedto hold the battens parallel to the side of the ship,

but such a change in, or adaptation of, the

Vstructure above described is fully contemplated by ine and is fullywithin the aim and .scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,

Patent ol' the United States is:

what I claim and desii'e to protect by Letters Vl. In a cargo battencleat, the combination ,of a pair ofJaws adapted to embrace atlange Y ofa rib or of a hull'of a vessel, one of said jaws: being adapted to bear.against said ,flange and the other of said ]aws being provided withl ataperiiigsurface. and a wedge adapted to be tightly driven between saidlast-mentioned liaw and said web whereby said cleat is rnilytrictionally secured to said web. v y Y l Y A 2. In a vessel, thecombination witha rib having a flange or web, of a cleat havingV a pairof spaced jaws, one of whichV is infvenga'gement with oneI iside of*sa-id? web or flange, va-nd a wedge tightly dr'iv'eifi between thelother of said jaws and said web. v

3. In a vessel,l the combination with a rib having a flange or webfof aVcleat having a,V pair of spaced liaws, one 'of which 1s in er1-Vsurface slightly converging downwardly toward said other plane surface',and a1 wedge tightly driven between said web and's'a'id last-inentionedsurface. .Y 5. In a vessel, the combinationk witliarib having a'we'b, ofa cleat comprising. a pairfot jaws, one having a Vsurface to engage saidweb and the other having surfacer slightly converging surface; e* 6. Ina vessel, tliecombinatiori with a rib having a web, ofi a cleat, a pairof Yjaws on` .opposite sides of said web, the front edge of saidY webbearing against the surface of. said cleat betweenv said jaws, one sideofsaid web being in engagement with the end of one converging towardsaid `irst-i'nenti'oned surf face and spaced from said web,l and a wedgeVtightly driven betweenvsaid web and said jaw, and a taperingwedgt`drivenv between the' other jaw and the opposite sid-"e of said rib. l

' .In witness whereof, I have hereuiitor'set` f my handtlliis 18th day oJuly,` 19N;

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